They pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals on July 21 in Cumberland County combined court and were sentenced to 100 hours of community service each, said Tamara Getchell, spokeswoman for the Cumberland County District Attorney's office.

South Portland police got several tips about the incident in September after a video had appeared on social media. They located the 15-year-old girls from the video and charged them with animal cruelty.

The kitten, which was given the name Miracle, was just eight weeks old at the time and was put in the care of the Animal Refuge League in Westbrook.

Mary Byram and her daughter Katie Smith became Miracle's new owners in November 2013. Byram was one of the hundreds of people who contacted the shelter hoping to adopt Miracle.

The names of qualified potential new families were placed into a lottery.